Current Work
Okta
- Director of Identity Standards - 2024-present
- Senior Security Architect - 2020-2024
- Developer Advocate - 2018-2020
OpenID Foundation
- Board Member
- 2024-present
IETF
Self-Employed
- YouTube Creator youtube.com/aaronpk
Past Jobs & Positions
Self-Employed
- Product design of accessories for video production gear pk1.tv
W3C
- Editor of Webmention and Micropub specs
- Co-Chair of the Social Web Incubator Community Group
- 2014-2018
Esri
- CTO, Portland R&D Center
- 2012-2016
Geoloqi Inc.
- Co-founder, CTO
- 2010-2012
- PHP, Ruby, MySQL, Objective C, iPhone, Android, Linux Admin
Quicksilver Real Estate Solutions
- CTO
- 2010-2011
- Product Lead, PHP, MySQL
Real Design Online
- Co-Founder & Web Development
- 2008-2010
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
Oregon Community College System
- Web-based diagramming tool for Career Pathways project
- 2007-2010
- PHP, MySQL
Lane Community College
- Technology Consultant & Web Developer
- 2008-2009
Clark Honors College
- Webmaster
- 2003-2008
- University of Oregon
- HTML, PHP, MySQL, LDAP, MS Access, Linux Server Administration
Lundquist College of Business Honors Program
- Technical Assistant to the Director
- 2004-2008
- University of Oregon
Network Services, University of Oregon
- 2005-2006
- Student Network Engineer
- Developer for the open-source NetDot project
- Perl, MySQL, HTML, Javascript
Website Design/Development Projects
Bar 201
- 2009
- Web design, development, graphic design
- HTML, PHP, Photoshop, Wordpress
Organon Professional Services
- 2007-2008
- Web application design & development
- HTML, PHP, MySQL, ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server
Digital Arts, University of Oregon
- Spring 2008
- Website framework for showcasing videos and other student work pin13.net/showcase/200702/artd395
Clean Seal Shine
- Summer 2007
- Website design & eCommerce application
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
- www.cleansealshine.com
Michael Davis Seven String Guitar
- 2007
- Website design & eCommerce application
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
Leadership Resource Office, University of Oregon
- 2007
- Website Content Management System
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
International Environmental Agreements Database
- 2007
- Excel Spreadsheet to Relational Database Converter
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
- University of Oregon
- iea.uoregon.edu
Yarn Store eCommerce Application
- Website design & eCommerce application
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
- Customers:
- 2006 - Full Thread Ahead
- 2006 - Knitter's Palette
- 2006 - Yarntopia
- 2007 - Happiness is Quilting
- 2007 - Wendy's Closet
Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
- Alumni profile website
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
- Spring 2006
- envs.uoregon.edu/alumni/
Cache-Cachet
- Winter 2006
- Website design & eCommerce application
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
- cachecachet.com
The Metis Center
- Website design & online scheduling application
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
- Fall 2005
- www.themetiscenter.com
Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks
- 2005
- Website design & developed custom product catalog
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
Agape Music Stylings
- June 2005
- Website design, HTML, PHP
University of Oregon
- December 2004
- Web-based database for exchanging surplus equipment on campus
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
ASUO, University of Oregon
- Summer 2004
- Website & database backend coding
- HTML, PHP, MySQL
Fear No Music ensemble
- Website design, HTML and PHP
- Summer 2004 fearnomusic.org
Sustainability Leadership Institute
- Spring 2004
- Website design, HTML and PHP
- www.sustainabilityleaders.org
Duo Con Brio
- Spring 2004
- Website redesign with online contract capability
- HTML, PHP, Javascript and MySQL
- www.duoconbrio.com
Lundquist College of Business & Clark Honors College
- Spring 2004
- Alumni profile database
- HTML, PHP and MySQL
- University of Oregon
EcoLogic Resources, Colorado
- Spring 2002
- Website design, HTML, Javascript
PAID NorthWest
- Spring 2001
- Website design, HTML, Javascript)
Personal website
- 1999-Present
- Website design, HTML, PHP and MySQL
- aaronparecki.com
Networking & Software Development Projects
Computer & Information Science, University of Oregon
- Fall 2007
- Programming, Design
- Co-developer of "Finger Dance," a musical game for the visually impaired. Presented poster at ASSETS 2007 conference.
Portland Waldorf High School
- Summer 2003
- Microsoft Access
- Designed and programmed database and front-end to gradebook system for keeping student records using Microsoft Access.
Portland Waldorf High School
- IT Consultant
- Set up 2 computer labs including building/repairing computers and setting up the network
- 2000-2003
Design/Photography
Spring Creek Coffee House
- 2005-2010
- Advertising & coupon design, promotional posters
The Metis Center
- 2006
- Business card & letterhead design
Fear No Music ensemble
- Summer 2004
- Website design, season brochure
Chris Michel Designs
- Summer 2003
- Internship with graphic artist designing Oregon Quarterly magazine
Portland Waldorf High School
- Newsletter editor and publication using Microsoft Publisher and Adobe Acrobat
- 2000-2003
EcoLogic Resources, Colorado
- Spring 2002
- Logo design
West Coast Consulting
- Business card design & printing
- Summer 2001
PAID NorthWest
- Letterhead, envelope and business card design
- Spring 2001
Music
- Accordion accompaniment for Folk Dance Festival in Eugene, Oregon, February 2005
- Piano music for Portland Jewish volunteer appreciation picnic, June 2004
- Piano music for Bar & Bat Mitzvahs, 2003
- Piano music for wedding reception, May 2002
- Piano accompaniment for choral concert, (Portland Waldorf School) Winter & Spring 2001
- Piano accompaniment for cello student recital, (Corey Averill, Private Cello Instructor) Winter & Spring 2001
- Piano accompaniment for voice student recital, (Michelle Averill, Private Voice Instructor) Spring 2001
- Piano accompaniment for choral concert, (Jackson Middle School) Winter 2000, 2001
- Piano, Guitar, Clarinet performance for the Portland Jewish Festival, Summer 2000
Other
Teaching Assistant at University of Oregon
- 2006-2007
- University Math I & II, MATH 105 & 106
Counselor at Young Musicians and Artists Summer Camp
- Summer 2003, 2004, 2005
Teacher's Aide at Congregation Beth Israel
- 2001-2003
Stage lighting operator
- Spring 2002
- Jewish Community Center
Awards & Recognition
Open Government Hackathon
- August 2010
- ChatterCast 911 Alerts
- Sponsored by Tropo
- Created at the Open Government Hackathon at Gnomedex with Amber Case
J. Donald Hubbard Scholarship
- 2007
- Computer & Information Science Dept., University of Oregon
- The J. Donald Hubbard Scholarship in Computer and Information Science, in honor of J. Donald Hubbard, recognizes an undergraduate or graduate student who shows outstanding promise in the fields of computer-human interaction, computer graphics, or multimedia.}}
Outstanding Student Employee
- 2006
- University of Oregon
- This program recognizes 10 students each academic year for their outstanding performance, productivity, customer service and other initiatives that have resulted in meeting the educational and organizational goals of the University.}}
CSEMS National Science Foundation Scholarship
- 2005
- Computer & Information Science Dept., University of Oregon
